Here 5 of the albums that actual changed my life and helped me through tough times and also helping to shape my musical taste.
Fort Minor - The Rising Tied (2005)
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I love the honesty and storytelling of this album. I must say I was never really a big hip-hop or rap fan. I could handle Mike's parts in Linkin Park's first few records. I was still young when those records came out, so I also didn't understood the lyrics. This was the first record where I learned enough English to understand the majorty of the lyrics. I still ADORE the record to this date and for me Mike Shinoda is a musical genius.
Evanescence - The Open Door (2006)
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This album really helped me through a very tough time during my teenage years. It is still one of my all time favorite albums and it also helped to shape my musical taste.
Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics (2006)
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This album is literally perfection to me. Along with The Open Door it helped to shape my music preferences. I ADORE that Christina used her voice in so many different ways. This record has some good self empowerement messages that helped me raise and build my confidence to some extend, because I was bullied a lot around that time and also got badly influenced by people to do certain things.
Beyoncé - B'Day (2006)
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2006 was a good year. This is also still one of my all time favorite album. I adore the energy and vibe of this record. I always was a Beyoncé fan, but this cemented me as stan. I got lost in the music and it helped me to forgot some of my problems and troubles.
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (2010)
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The album is literally an experience, every track is different and every track is it's own experience aswell. I am a Linkin Park fan since an early age and this album levitated that even more. The album has some self empowerement moments and I still live by some of those lyrics.